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the fbi has launched an investigation on congressman jesse jackson, jr. cnbc's own bertha coombs joins with us all of that and all of the latest breaking headlines coming into the cnbc newsroom. evening. >> good evening, larry. the fbi and federal prosecutors have launched a investigation of jesse jackson, jr., this time for possible misuse of funds monitored by congress, that according to nbc news. jackson has been on medical leave since june. >>> and it's official again. the treasury today became the latest to confirm the government deficit topped $1 trillion once again. the treasury says the deficit was roughly 7% of gdp and, larry, the nobel peace prize goes to the eu. the nobel committee gave the prize to the european union acknowledging the 27 blocks advancement and a peace and reconciliation and i know a lot of people think this is ridiculous, but when you think about the history there and the fact that these countries 100 years ago and what they're doing is hard, maybe it's a reminder. >> they should have given them to them 70 years ago and this i
the fbi has launched an investigation on congressman jesse jackson, jr. cnbc's own bertha coombs joins with us all of that and all of the latest breaking headlines coming into the cnbc newsroom. evening. >> good evening, larry. the fbi and federal prosecutors have launched a investigation of jesse jackson, jr., this time for possible misuse of funds monitored by congress, that according to nbc news. jackson has been on medical leave since june. >>> and it's official again. the...
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administrator a couple years ago when he was going it to outreach with muslims and we had it with the fbi director last year when he met with muslim groups. it's one thing to create diversity transformation, but it's another thing to use taxpayer money for these things when it's not what the agencies are about. it's clearly inappropriate. >> this is the agriculture department. what does this have to do chanting our forefathers were immigrants? fine. what does chanting that have to do with the mission of the u.s. department of agriculturagricul. i don't understand na. >> absolutely nothing. what happened is over the years there was some discrimination aat the usda. then they brought in a program called pickford, and billions were paid out on fraudulent loan applications in the usda. the usda put into effect during the obama administration to try to reach out to minority groups. that's a worthy goal, but you don't do it with taxpayer money when it's irrelevant to the mission of the agency. frankly, it's something to be done in a different way. >> this has a gsa feel to it. it has nothing to
administrator a couple years ago when he was going it to outreach with muslims and we had it with the fbi director last year when he met with muslim groups. it's one thing to create diversity transformation, but it's another thing to use taxpayer money for these things when it's not what the agencies are about. it's clearly inappropriate. >> this is the agriculture department. what does this have to do chanting our forefathers were immigrants? fine. what does chanting that have to do with...
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now, at some point in time once this is fully investigated by the fbi and within the state department, you know, should judgments had proven to be misguided, for example, i think we can say that the security was inadequate based on the threat we saw emerge september 11th, then there may well will accountability in terms of decisions made within the state department. but it's not there yet. >> peter, it seemed to me, talking to undecided voters, they seem pretty shocked by this. this was in virginia where a lot of people have friends or themselves have served in tough places like the middle east. they say how is it possible that on september 11th in a country like libya, the ambassador just went to a consulate, but didn't have security? how the heck did this happen? >> yeah, i tell you what, i don't how it happened either. it needs to be investigated, but the administration's slow rolling this. almost five weeks since this happeneded and there are more questions than answers. it's my sense that the last thing this administration wanted to say in the aftermath of this terrible tragedy,
now, at some point in time once this is fully investigated by the fbi and within the state department, you know, should judgments had proven to be misguided, for example, i think we can say that the security was inadequate based on the threat we saw emerge september 11th, then there may well will accountability in terms of decisions made within the state department. but it's not there yet. >> peter, it seemed to me, talking to undecided voters, they seem pretty shocked by this. this was...
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now at some point in time, once this is fully investigated by the fbi and the state department, should judgments have proven to be misguided. for example, i think we can say that the security was inadequate based on the threat we ultimately saw emerge on september 11th and there may be accountability made within the state department that put our diplomats at increased risk. >> it seems to me, talking about undecided voters, they seem shocked by this. and virginia have a lot of friends themselves in tough places, including places in the middle east. and september 11th. a country like libya. and they went to a consulate. how the heck did this happen. >> i tell you what? i don't understand how it happened either. it needs to be investigated. but the administration slow rolling, almost five weeks since this happened and more questions than answers. and the last thing that this administration can say, that american sov erb territory in the form of a consulate in libya have been attacked by an al qaeda affiliated group on the anniversary of 9/11. that's the bottom line here and they'll do ev
now at some point in time, once this is fully investigated by the fbi and the state department, should judgments have proven to be misguided. for example, i think we can say that the security was inadequate based on the threat we ultimately saw emerge on september 11th and there may be accountability made within the state department that put our diplomats at increased risk. >> it seems to me, talking about undecided voters, they seem shocked by this. and virginia have a lot of friends...
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the fbi is doing a criminal investigation as to not just who perpetrated the murders of these four americans, but also what went wrong when state department officials ignored warnings or not. so all of that will come out eventually. we'll see if it come out before or after the election. megyn: we'll have much more on this coming up in a bit. the vice president went a step further about libya and put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the intelligence community for the susan rice sunday talk show our where they blamed the assassinations on a video which we know is not true. he answered for the first time where they allegedly got that information and he put that on the intel community. ralph peters will explain why he says that claim directly contradicts the way america's intel community works. when the vice presidential debate was over there was nothing but praise for the vice president's performance beginning with president obama himself. >> i thought joe biden was terrific. i thought he made a strong case, and i really think that his passion for making sure that the economy grows for th
the fbi is doing a criminal investigation as to not just who perpetrated the murders of these four americans, but also what went wrong when state department officials ignored warnings or not. so all of that will come out eventually. we'll see if it come out before or after the election. megyn: we'll have much more on this coming up in a bit. the vice president went a step further about libya and put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the intelligence community for the susan rice sunday talk...
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there will be a couple other informations, the fbi, an an independent review board. certainly the state department has a lot of accounting to do. >> a lot of questions and democrats and republicans today are accusing the other side of playing politics. >> they were saying they cut budget -- >> arwa damon covered this story like no one else, she was at the american consulate. what you saw personally compared to what you're hearing now, how does it compare? >> it seems like the information coming out right now is starting to streamline along with the narratives that were were hearing just three days after the attack took plait. one of the libian security guards was unarmed, and form the first line of defense, told us he believed the attack was preplanned. there was no demonstration taking place. he could hear people's choices chanting and becoming increasingly louder from three different directions. he says the attack began immediately. he says the outer perimeter was very easily breached. show the u.s. initially claiming this was a demonstration turned violent. on the
there will be a couple other informations, the fbi, an an independent review board. certainly the state department has a lot of accounting to do. >> a lot of questions and democrats and republicans today are accusing the other side of playing politics. >> they were saying they cut budget -- >> arwa damon covered this story like no one else, she was at the american consulate. what you saw personally compared to what you're hearing now, how does it compare? >> it seems...